It is traditionally believed that slaves were the main labor force in the construction of the pyramids of Egypt. However, it is not true, at least in respect of the pyramids located in Giza. Not that long ago, British archaeologist Richard Redding proved conclusively that these wonders of the world were built by free hired workers who even had their own unions. The... 

One person has reportedly been killed and 66 wounded when clashes erupted outside a Coptic cathedral in Cairo after funeral prayers were held for four Christians killed in sectarian violence. There are conflicting reports on how exactly the clashes erupted. AFP, citing witnesses, writes that mourners who were chanting against the ruling Muslim Brotherhood were... 

Security forces used teargas after crowds tried to breach the Egyptian High Court building in Cairo in a 6th of April anniversary rally. The Ministry of Health puts the injury toll at 18, although eyewitnesses report much more. Thousands of protesters have joined the Cairo rally marking the birth of the 6 April movement, whilst also expressing their “dissent”... 

Riots have been raging along Egypt’s coast line in the cities of Cairo and Port Said. Mobs of angry protesters have gathered to voice their grievances against Islamist President Muhammed Morsi and to mourn their dead. Though Egyptian President Morsi had issued a state of emergency and city wide curfews the chaos continues to escalate. The head of the Egyptian... 

Egyptian protestors clash with riot police during a demonstration near Cairo’s Tahrir Square on January 28, 2013. Egypt’s main opposition group, the National Salvation Front (NSF) has rejected an invitation by President Mohamed Morsi for talks, calling for massive protests on Friday. “We will not participate in dialogue that is empty of content,”... 

30 people have been killed, including two policemen, and more than 300 injured during a riot in Egypt’s Port Said. The army has since been deployed, where a crowd attempted to storm a prison after death sentence’s were handed out for a past riot. The deadly assault follows the sentencing of 21 people to death for the riot and stampede in Port Said in which... 

Egypt’s Constituent Assembly tasked with drafting the country’s new constitution has voted to keep “the principles of sharia” law as the main source of legislation in the country. The article’s language however, remains unchanged from the previous constitution used under the regime of former President Hosni Mubarak. The assembly gathered on Thursday... 

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi Egyptian judges have begun a nationwide strike to protest against President Mohamed Morsi’s new decree, which gives him sweeping powers and places him beyond judicial oversight. During an emergency meeting on Saturday night, the Judges’ Club, a body representing judges across Egypt, denounced Morsi’s presidential decree... 

Egypt’s Constitutional Court is reportedly considering the possibility of impeaching President Mohamed Morsi for violating his oath and undermining the country’s constitutional foundations. ­According to a representative of the court, “the judges are prepared to exercise the right to shift the head of state after he flouted the laws and constitution,”... 

Egyptian Salafists shout slogans during a demonstration at Tahrir Square in Cairo to demand that sharia, or Islamic law, be the basis for legislation in a new constitution being draf ted for Egypt on November 9, 2012 More than 10,000 ultraconservative Muslims staged a demonstration in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Friday, demanding that Egypt’s new constitution... 

The glories of the pro-democracy, pro-Western “Arab Spring” in full flower. “Egyptians: We Want Nuclear Bombs and to Break Treaty with Israel,” by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu for Israel National News, October 21 (thanks to Pamela Geller): Most Egyptians want their country and Iran to have nuclear weapons, and they also favor renewing ties with... 

Two Coptic boys aged 9 and 10 are awaiting trial after an Islamic cleric accused them of tearing up and urinating on the Koran. The boys’ families say the boys are illiterate and found the Koran pages while playing with garbage. ­Sheik Gamal Shamardal, a Muslim cleric and the local leader of a hardline Islamist group, referred two local boys to police in... 

Ousted Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak hears his life in prison sentence on a hospital gurney in a courtroom in Cairo on June 2, 2012. Egypt’s chief forensic doctor says former autocratic ruler Hosni Mubarak has never suffered a stroke and he is in a stable condition. Ihsan Kameel Gorgy made the remarks in an interview with state-run newspaper the Al-Ahram... 

German Defence Minister Thomas de Maiziere addresses a press conference in Berlin on October 26, 2011. German government has dismissed Israeli pressure to obstruct the probable sale of two attack submarines to Egypt, saying no country is entitled to ‘veto’ Berlin’s decisions. “No country in the world has the right of veto to decisions taken by the... 

Egypt and Iran are set to restart bilateral relations after more than three decades of animosity. Iran will place no limits on the strengthening of relations with Egypt, said President Ahmadinejad in his first phone call with his counterpart. He invited newly-elected Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi to a summit of Non-Aligned Movement nations to be held in...